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to persevere in his activity and attention to the 

 business of the farm to the very last, because 

 he knows that he must be completely reimburs- 

 ed at the end. Besides, by disposing of his 

 crop in this manner, he is neither 'subjected to 

 the inconvenience of conveying it to his new 

 possession, which may be at a considerable dis- 

 tance, nor obliged to sell it by public roup, and 

 thereby expose himself to the risk of bad pay- 

 ment, or a distant day. The incoming tenant 

 is no less benefited by this scheme. He is not 

 under the necessity of bringing from a distance 

 fodder for his cattle, and provision^ for his fa- 

 mily. He is not subjected to the hardship of 

 having no grass for cutting, or for hay, during a 

 year and a half to come ; and no turnip for his 

 cattle, for a year. Receiving his new farm in 

 the same state, and upon the same terms, as his 

 master was obliged to receive it from his prede- 

 cessor, he sits down upon it with every prossible 

 advantage, having every thing necessary, and 

 in the same forward state, as if he had been for 

 several years in possession. The improvement 

 of the land, at the same time, suffers no inter- 

 ruption or suspense, but goes on in the same 

 way as if no succession of tenants had taken 

 place. In short, this plan will be equally ad- 

 vantageous to the landlord, as it will not fail to 

 bring him a good tenant, and the highest pos- 

 sible rent for his ground. 



